10 Things You Need To Know About BANE!

When you think of classic Batman villains, there’s the usual rogue’s gallery of The Joker, The Riddler, Two-Face, and some other characters. They’ve nearly all been featured in the big-screen Batman films. The Dark Knight Rises, however, brings in Bane as a fairly modern Batman villain. After all, the character debuted back in 1993. Batman’s been around since 1939. Now here’s some background (and fun facts) on the character that’s about to hit the mainstream as a classic Batman villain. We’re not giving anything away about the movie here, though. This is strictly the background on Bane as covered in the DC Comics universe–so check out the bad guy who inspired a great film…

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Hello, There: Bane was treated like a big deal from the beginning over at DC Comics. He debuted in 1993 with a 64-page Batman special edition called “The Vengeance of Bane.” (It was the start of a bigger story arc called “Knightfall.”) Never mind why Bane would be seeking vengeance when he’d never shown up in the DC universe before. The miniseries mostly told the story of Bane’s weird childhood, and we’ll bring you up to speed…